“Using SC’s ‘Free’ GT Resources for Professional Development”

1. “Using SC’s ‘Free’ GT Resources for Professional Development” SCCGE Conference 2012 Rick Blanchard South Carolina Department of Education

2. Agenda • Standards • NAGC • Professional Development • Common Core State Standards • Video Resources • Test Preparation • Other Resources

3. Standards for PD • National Association for Gifted Children • K-12 Programming Standards- http://nagc.org/uploadedFiles/Information_and_Resources/Gifted_Program_Standards/K-12%20programming%20standards.pdf • (other resources) http://nagc.org/index.aspx?id=546 • Teacher Preparation Standards - http://nagc.org/index.aspx?id=1862

4. Standards • National Staff Development Council • Standards: http://www.learningforward.org/standards/standards.cfm • Facilitator Guide: http://www.learningforward.org/standards/FacilitatorGuide.pdf • Extra Articles (free): http://www.learningforward.org/news/issueDetails.cfm?issueID=334

5. Common Core State Standards • Main web site: • http://www.corestandards.org/about-the-standards • CCSS support site at SCDE: • http://scde.mrooms.org/index.php?page=27424 • Gifted Corner: • http://scde.mrooms.org/index.php?page=27565

8. Common Core State Standards • SCDE Main CCSS Pagehttp://ed.sc.gov/agency/programs-services/190/ • Gifted and Talented Page http://ed.sc.gov/agency/programs-services/123/

9. StreamlineSC • Main StreamlineSC login: • http://www.scetv.org/education/streamlinesc/ • Accessing Streamline • All SC educators • Media Center can grant access (if you do not have an account) • Worst case scenario- see instructions on web site above as to who to contact for access.

10. StreamlineSC • Search for “Gifted” • Organization: • 1. Gifted and Talented Professional Development Outreach Series (GTPDOS) • 2. State of Gifted • 3. Gifted and Talented Research Based Curriculum • 4. Gifted Classes in Action

11. GTPDOS • Created in 2010-2011 • Over 50 videos with a range of presenters • Overview of Best Practices, Regulations, and Instructional Practices • 6 Targeted Audiences- Administrators, All teachers, Art teachers, Coordinators of GT Programs, Guidance Counselors, and GT teachers • At least 16 options for each audience • Lots of GT coordinators, GT Coaches, Teacher Leaders, Specialty Area Professionals, and National Gurus presented these • SCDE Partnered with SCCGE and SCETV

12. State of Gifted • In the catalog • 2011-12- 9 shows August- May • 2010-11- 9 shows • 2009-10- 8 shows • For the last 2 years, all shows are 30 minutes or less • Gives a good overview of month by month issues

13. Research Based Curriculum • Published Curriculum • Used widely in the state • Features: Taped training sessions on Jacob’s Ladder, Mentoring Mathematical Minds, William and Mary Units • Also will have some Classes in Action using these units added this fall

14. Classes in Action • 25 + videos of all types of GT programs (and a couple AP and IB) from around the state. • We have filmed in every region of the state to share what is being done in those regions. • The idea was to add real life teaching to the best practices in the GTPDOS, so teachers could see what some of the instructional practices looked like in real life. Hopefully, they will see they can utilize some of these strategies and curriculum with their GT students.

17. Test Reviews • Through the South Carolina Virtual School Program (SCDE program) • https://scvspconnect.ed.sc.gov/index.php?q=node/168 • The reviews are offered through Shmoop and the directions are listed on the page as to how to request the “Secret Word” to access the reviews • AP Reviews- 19 of the 34 classes currently • SAT and ACT reviews

20. SCDE GT Web Site • http://ed.sc.gov/agency/programs-services/123/ • GT Grant Funded Courses are at the bottom of the page (see next)

26. GT Coordinator’s Manual Hosted at the Carolinian Consultancy Web Site: http://c2five.com/ Password to access file (unlock it) gtfirstpassword

27. Other Resources • NAGC Free Resources- http://nagc.org/index2.aspx?id=33 • SC Consortium for Gifted Education-http://scgifted.org • CEC-TAG- http://www.cec.sped.org/Content/NavigationMenu/PolicyAdvocacy/CECPolicyResources/GiftedTalented/default.htm

28. Other Resources • Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted- http://www.sengifted.org • Belin-Blank Center (University of Iowa)- some free resources on Acceleration- http://www.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank/Researchers/ • Hoagies Gifted Page- http://hoagiesgifted.org

29. Other Resources • David Lohman’s site- http://faculty.education.uiowa.edu/dlohman/ • Duke TIP- http://www.tip.duke.edu • College Board- http://professionals.collegeboard.com/prof-dev • College Board’s “new” Leading Success: Dynamic Solutions for Every School, Each Student http://leadingsuccess.org/?ep_ch=PR&ep_mid=10642880&ep_rid=33287589

30. Other Resources • SC International Baccalaureate Schools- http://www.southcarolinaib.org/about-us.html • International Baccalaureate Organization- http://ibo.org

31. Most helpful resources • Your Regional Meetings and other GT coordinators • State Meetings • GT Updates • Monthly “State of Gifted” shows on e-media and StreamlineSC

32. Thank you! • Thank you for joining us today. I hope you learned where to locate some free professional development resources. • If you have further questions, please contact Rick Blanchard at rblancha@ed.sc.gov